{"product_id":"sounding-race-in-rap-songs-9780520283992","title":"Sounding Race in Rap Songs","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraces the changing sounds of race across some of the best-known rap songs of the past thirty-five years, combining song-level analysis with historical contextualization to show how these representations of identity depend on specific artistic decisions, such as those related to how producers make beats.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments Introduction: Sounding Race in Rap Songs  PART I. STYLISTIC CHANGE AND RACIAL FORMATION IN RAP'S FIRST DECADE 1. \"Rapper's Delight\": From Genre-less to New Genre 2. \"Rebel Without a Pause\": Public Enemy Revolutionizes the Break  PART II. REARTICULATING RACE IN THE NEOLIBERAL NINETIES 3. \"Let Me Ride\": Gangsta Rap's Drive into the Popular Mainstream 4. \"My Name Is\": Signifying Whiteness, Rearticulating Race Conclusion: Sounding Race in the Twenty-First Century  Notes Discography Filmography Bibliography Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402873577815,"sku":"9780520283992","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520283992.jpg?v=1730481743","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sounding-race-in-rap-songs-9780520283992","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}